NEW YORK - Natalie Portman's latest role is on behalf of the country's libraries.
The Oscar-winning actress will serve as honorary chair of National Library Week, the American Library Association announced Monday. National Library Week runs next April 4-10.
Portman will help promote the role libraries have played in their communities during the pandemic.
鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to join ALA and libraries everywhere in celebrating National Library Week,鈥 Portman said in a statement. 鈥淟ibraries are open, inclusive places that foster a sense of belonging and community. They show us anything is possible by encouraging a love of learning, discovery and exploration. I hope people will take time during the week to visit their library online or in person.鈥
Portman has long been an advocate for books, and on her Instagram account has posted pictures of what she is reading, including Bernardine Evaristo's Booker Prize-winning 鈥淕irl, Woman, Other鈥 and New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino's 鈥淭rick Mirror.鈥 She is also the author of the picture book 鈥淣atalie Portman's Fables," in which she retells such classics as 鈥淭he Three Little Pigs" and 鈥淭he Tortoise and the Hare.鈥
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